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Nummus - Licinius II IOVI CONSERVATORI, Nicomedia
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint, Nicomedia |
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| Year | 321-324 |
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| Weight | 2.46 g |
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| Obverse lettering | D N VAL LICIN LICINIVS NOB C (Translation: Our Lord Valerius Licinianus Licinius Noble Caesar) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Licinius II was elevated to Caesar in 317 as part of the peace settlement between his father Licinius I and Constantine I — a political arrangement that lasted less than a decade before Constantine moved to eliminate his co-emperor entirely. The Nicomedia mint, sitting in Licinius's eastern territory, struck heavily for the junior Caesar during these years of uneasy coexistence.
After Constantine's final defeat of Licinius I at the Battle of Chrysopolis in 324, Licinius II was initially spared, then executed the following year. Coins bearing his name were subsequently subject to damnatio memoriae.